# विकल्प
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विकल्प (vikalpa). By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) +‎ कल्प (kalp).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪ.kəlp/, [ʋɪ.kɐlp]

### Noun

विकल्प • (vikalp) m (Urdu spelling وِکَلپ) (formal)
* choice, alternative
* indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation
* mistake, error
    Synonyms: ग़लती (ġaltī), त्रुटि (truṭi), भूल (bhūl), चूक (cūk), भ्रांति (bhrānti), भ्रम (bhram)
* (rare) god, divine being
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान
* variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विकल्प”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विकल्प”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “विकल्प”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “विकल्प”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিকল্প (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬓᬮ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
* বিকল্প (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰩𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိကလ္ပ (Burmese script)
* વિકલ્પ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਕਲ੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦏꦭ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂍𑂪𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿಕಲ್ಪ (Kannada script)
* វិកល្ប (Khmer script)
* ວິກລ຺ປ (Lao script)
* വികല്പ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡬᠠᠯᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘩𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢉᠠᠯᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧉𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐮𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
* ଵିକଲ୍ପ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢒꢭ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆬𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖩𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
* විකල‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩽 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚥𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
* விகல்ப (Tamil script)
* వికల్ప (Telugu script)
* วิกลฺป (Thai script)
* ཝི་ཀ་ལྤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒪𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨬𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ कॢप् (kḷp, root) +‎ -अ (-a).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋi.kɐl.pɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋiˈkɐl̪.pɐ/

### Noun

विकल्प • (vikalpa) stem, m
* an intermediate kalpa, the interval between two kalpas
* choice, alternative, option
* variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness
* contrivance, art
* difference of perception, distinction
* indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation
* admission, statement
* false notion, fancy, imagination
* calculation
* mental occupation, thinking
* Synonym of कल्पस्थान (kalpasthāna, “the art of preparing drugs”)
* (rhetoric) antithesis of opposites
* (grammar) admission of an option or alternative, the allowing a rule to be observed or not at pleasure
* a collateral form
* god, divine being
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ईश

#### Derived terms

* बहुविकल्पीय (bahuvikalpīya​)

#### Descendants

* → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: विकल्प (vikalp)
    Urdu: وِکَلپ (vikalp)
* Tamil: விகற்பம் (vikaṟpam)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “विकल्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 955, column 2.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “vikalpa”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan